Radio Leyland is the online radio station for Leyland, Moss Side, Farington, Lostock Hall, part of Penwortham, New Longton, Clayton-le-Woods and Buckshaw Village.

In December 2017 Ofcom awarded us a community radio licence. Plans are now afoot to get on air in these areas in the second quarter of 2019. Community radio is run on a non-profit basis and is accountable to its target community.

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Tuesday 29 May

Wednesday 23 May 2018

Breakfast with Phil Gough. Today’s show features interviews with Seema Kennedy MP and Cllr John Rainsbury (new Mayor of South Ribble), both recorded at the 50th anniversary celebration last Sunday of Churches Together in Leyland, plus Peter Houghton and Elizabeth Shorrock, Chairman and President respectively of Leyland Historical Society – all hosted by Phil Gough live from the Society’s Leyland Heritage Centre on Hough Lane.

Wednesday 7 June 2017

Isobel comes originally from Burnley …. (Hapton, actually – or the “USofA” (Uther Side of Accrington) to Keith!.) She made her way to Leyland via Blackburn College, Brighton University and Podiatry in the NHS, before taking the plunge to run her own business in our town (Paces and Laces – http://pacesandlaces.com) retailing children’s shoes.

She chats to Keith about her business, her role in the Town Team and about the events the Team help to organise, such as Leyland Festival.

Tuesday 6 June 2017

Some interesting birthdays, a new word (glaciarium – for the manly sport of ….whatever you do in/on a glaciarum), a lyric teaser that’s nothing to do with the sea (although the singer could be), going loopy, and guest Melody Clarke from SPLAT.

Listen to find out what it all means!

Monday 5 June 2017

Marc Wolverson chats with two ‘home’ guests today
– Brian Ashman about preparations for the one-week FM broadcast on 107.9 FM, starting on 12 June, and
– Phil Gough, about how the groundswell of feeling in Leyland inspired Churches Together in Leyland and South Ribble Borough Council, with the support of the police and others, to organise a Vigil for Manchester within a very short timeframe.

Marc’s lyric teaser is too easy …. but it may not be the version of the song you might expect.

Wednesday 31 May 2017

7am Let’s Talk Business 233

7.30 Breakfast with Keith and Ruth Bradshaw

Guest: Peter Jones, Director at C & W Berry Ltd.

Known universally as Berry’s, the company was founded by Colin and Walter Berry in 1954, its original premises being what is now the Joinery workshop on King Street.

Tuesday 23 May 2017

On the day of the terrible events in Manchester, Phil’s and our thoughts and sympathies went out to those caught up in the MEN Arena bomb attack, and their families and friends.

In the wake of the tragedy in Manchester there were many instances of spontaneous kindness and human solidarity. Fittingly, the topic of Phil’s interview – fostering and adoption – reminds us that the world is full of kind, caring and open-hearted people. Our guest, by telephone, was Kirsty McIntyre, Head of Engagement at Home for Good, a fostering and adoption agency.

In an interesting twist, Phil – who is himself is a foster parent – became the interviewee for a time, talking about his experiences in fostering.

Monday 22 May 2017

Marc’s guest today is Brian Woodburn, Vice President of West Lancashire Scouts.

Brian has just celebrated 60 years in scouting. He looks back over his involvement in the movement and and notes that although one or two things have changed, the central ethos of doing the best you can and helping your community remain the same.

Parents of Moss Side scouts will no doubt be pleased to hear that they are very well behaved!

Also featured in the show is the lyric teaser. The title of the song in question could mean that “stuck vehicle” …….but it doesn’t.

Wednesday 17 May 2017

It turns out that what looks from the outside like a small local domestic cleaning company is a domestic, commercial and industrial cleaning company active across the North West and further afield, an international supplier and exporter of cleaning products, and a sought-after cleaning consultant. Hear Shaun dish the dirt (sorry, we had to – Keith forgot).

The lyric teaser today is quite easy……. but the musical theme of the show is quite hard to work out. Can you do it?

Monday 15 May 2017

Peter is a walking encyclopedia of facts about the history of Leyland and the Society is thriving under his chairmanship, with a membership of around 160 and some of their monthly meetings attracting a 200+ audience.

Today’s discussion touches on the rubber industry, Leyland street names and buildings, Leyland Motors, the topics of some of the Society’s future meetings (one next year gives you a chance to get hands on with an Enigma Machine!)

Monday 8 May 2017

Marc’s guest today is talented musician Paul Heptinstall. Paul plays piano and a wide range of wind instruments. He is a peripatetic music teacher and private tutor, as well as having his own business as a ‘smooth sax and romantic piano’ specialist available for weddings, parties and functions.

Wednesday 3 May 2017

You might think there’s been foul play when you work out today’s musical theme lyric (the old puns are staging a welcome return!) and you’re sure to groan when the lyric teaser answer is revealed. All great fun …. we hope!

Keith’s guest today is a mainstay of Leyland Fox Lane Sports and Social Club, Chairman David Bradshaw.

Tuesday 2 May 2017

Lyric teaser, what’s on, a mix of music – some gentle, some poignant and some a bit more punchy – plus an extended interview with Roger Jones of Age Concern Central Lancashire.

As a director, Roger oversees the organisation’s services to older people, including the Men in Sheds project – for which he is urgently seeking recruits. Roger also has many blog articles to his name at oldermenswellbeing.org

Monday 1 May 2017

Bank Holiday – no show today; back tomorrow 2 May at 07.00 with Let’s Talk Business and 07.30 with Breakfast with Brian Ashman (guest Roger Jones, Age Concern Central Lancashire).

Monday 24 April 2017

Lisa originally joined classes herself with the ‘shallow’ (her word!) objective of losing weight, and subsequently became a consultant. Lisa says it’s not all about the amount of weight you lose, it’s the positive impact it can make. She advises that the road to success can be bumpy but that making small changes initially can help you keep your resolve.

The answer to the lyric teaser today is ……. not given here. Marc reveals at the end of the show!

Wednesday 12 April 2017

Keith’s guest – South Ribble Council Economic Development Officer, Karen Shaw – talks about her role in supporting business and community in Leyland (and the rest of the Borough).

High on the list of topics for discussion are the forthcoming Truck Trail, the Leyland Town Team, Leyland Festival, plus developments in and around the railway station ticket office, while at the personal level we find out that Karen is a music buff (Vampire Weekend, Mariachie el Bronx …… Nat King Cole?), a grandma, an arts lover …. and an ex-Yorkshirewoman.

Monday 10 April 2017

Jack may just be the envy of all 21-year-old beer lovers as, with brother Adam, he runs his own micro-pub at the heart of the town’s Hough Lane shopping area – the Market Ale House! And the way he tells it, it’s the customers who make a pub what it is ……

The lyric teaser today may be guessable from the cryptic clue Marc gives about oxygen and love. If not, listen for more clues later in the form of lyric excerpts.

Wednesday 5 April 2017

Keith and Ruth combine their talents to bring you On This Day in History, What’s On in Leyland, the Lyric Teaser, the Musical Theme and two interviews with local businesspeople:

Vincent Slater, proprietor of Slater’s Catering and The Greenery restaurant at Leyland Golf Club (he was clearly destined for a career in catering as his mother ran a fish-and-chip shop in Preston, and

Sally Wright, formerly manager of Parkinson’s Bakery (their Coffee Renoirs are still talked about to this day!), now running an international freight business, InXpress. Sally is the only person known to man who enjoys cold calling …

Hmmm, wonder if the theme for today’s music is golf? Or travel? Or the letter S? No, none of these. All will be apparent when you listen to the show … and, of course, the lyric teaser answer ties in beautifully once again.

Wednesday 29 March 2017

There’s criminal intent on the show today as Keith invites Leyland-based policeman-turned-crime writer Robert White (www.robertwhiteauthor.co.uk) into the studio to talk about his life, how he got into writing …… and his book launch event tomorrow evening at Dunkirk Hall. Robert’s novels regularly appear in Amazon’s top ten best selling Crime and Action and charts, capturing the brutality of Northern streets and combining believable characters, slick plots and vivid dialogue to immerse the reader in his fast paced story-lines.

As ever, all the music is based on a theme, as is the lyric teaser. We know what it is …… but it would be a crime to reveal it!

Leyland Morris Men are one of the oldest Morris teams in the UK – probably the oldest in NW England (formed 1889). They were formed by the organisers of Leyland (May Day) Festival, who had seen Morris dancing in Knutsford. Saturday 29 April sees the 50th anniversary of the ‘revival’ of the Team and they’re planning a celebration event in the town for that day.

Maureen Chadwick, independent diabetes nurse, trainer and consultant.

Maureen is a former Nurse Consultant in the NHS, who struck out on her own after taking early retirement around three years ago.

Monday 27 March 2017

Marc and Liz are in their fourth show together. Note: You may experience occasional ‘jumping’ of speech and music due to internet connectivity issues during the live show.

Guests in the studio today were Cllrs Ken Jones and Susan Snape. Both of them are heavily involved with Leyland in Bloom, Ken as Chair of the Committee. They talked about the event in Leyland, which is now in its third year. Leyland in Bloom was inspired by colleagues in Penwortham who organised the Penwortham in Bloom competition, while
Farington and Lostock Hall will also join in this year with their own competition). Entries must be submitted by 2 June and there are several categories of entry. If your garden has ever been admired by neighbours or passers-by ….. trust their judgement, please don’t be modest – enter the competition!!

Today’s lyric teaser was inspired by something that happened yesterday – and it wasn’t Mother’s Day.

Wednesday 22 March 2017

You’re gonna have to be awake … wait, no …. asleep? ….. to get today’s lyric teaser …. erm. Anyway, it’s probably connected with the show’s musical theme. Well, it usually is, anyway. What? Yes, of course we listened to all of the show!! Errrr, most of it. But we didn’t miss:

Keith’s fanastic guests today:

Keith McIntosh

Our presenter Keith says he gets out of breath just thinking about the projects his guests gets involved with in his ‘alleged’ retirement. No wonder. Not only is Keith McIntosh the founder and former chairman of Rosemere Golfers Against Cancer, he’s worked closely with the North West Ambulance Service on their Cardiac Smart campaign (aiming to get more defibrillators into public places and make Leyland a Heartsafe town), while also helping to set up the Sporting Memories Foundation (http://www.sportingmemoriesnetwork.com/) locally. But there’s more ….

Ian Bailey

Leyland-based Ian, well-known as half of the duo Tim Chu and Ian Bailey who perform the show ‘A Celebration of the Music of Simon and Garfunkel’. As well as performing around the country with Tim, Ian is also a talented singer-songwriter in his own right with a regular local residency a Charnock Farm Garden Centre on Thursday nights. On the show we heard the delightful I Long To Write Her A Love Song and were then privileged to hear Ian perform one of his latest songs live – Seesaw, from the new album Empty Fields.

Tuesday 21 March 2017

Breakfast this morning is hosted by Phil Gough, who takes us right back to 1968, the year of his birth (ultra-big birthday next year, then, Phil?), for today’s lyric teaser. Several of our live listeners betrayed their advanced age by getting the answer right straightaway! Will you?

Phil’s studio guest today is Darryl Cartwright, Chairman of Lostock Hall Junior Football Club (@Lostock_HallJFC or facebook.com/LostockHallJuniorFootballClub). The Club have an impressive list of community, safety and awareness achievements to their name, including Community Club of the Year in the South Ribble Sports Awards, and provide sporting opportunities for many hundreds of children and young people in the Borough.

Monday 20 March 2017

Liz and Marc together for the third of their joint shows for March, with Liz in the hot seat.

Their guest this morning is Neil Walsh, manager of Rimmer’s Music (www.rimmersmusic.co.uk) on Leyland’s Chapel Brow. We find out that Liz knows Neil from giving him music tuition at Tarleton High School, that Neil is originally from Southport, that he doesn’t come from a music family …… and if we remember rightly, bread also features somewhere in his career path. You can hear Neil’s interview by scrolling to 45 minutes with the scroll bar below.

Marc’s lyric teaser takes us back to 1964. If we were trying to be cryptic, we would ask whether the woman referred to in the song in question was easily portable. Not even we understand that, but like all cryptic clues, it’ll make sense in retrospect ….. perhaps!

Wednesday 15 March 2017

We welcome Keith and Ruth back from their recent European excursion. Keith anchors, while Ruth fills us in on what’s on, today’s famous birthdays / what happened on this day in history, and chooses a beautiful song for us just before halfway through the show.

As usual, there’s a theme to all the music that’s played today, and a lyric teaser that’s closely linked with the theme. All very easy ….. once you know the answer!

Studio guests are Leyland-based student / receptionist Annabel Goodier, who aspires to be this year’s Miss Preston, and Martin Harrington, the man who knows all about chip ‘n pin stuff!

Tuesday 14 March 2017

Deborah makes a welcome return to the hosting role at Leyland Festival Radio and she’s in a light and happy mood in spite of the grey day. The programme contains a short feature on the first International Women’s Day event in Leyland, and Deborah’s interview with BBC Radio Lancashire’s Gerald Jackson, which she recorded on a recent visit to the station to find out about their Action Desk.

The lyric teaser today could be a song about any place. It could be Croydon, Dewsbury, Manchester … but unfortunately, none of those rhyme too well.

Wednesday 8 March 2017

Enthused by her very first on Monday, here’s Liz presenting her second-ever radio show – we’re very pleased to have her with us on Leyland Festival Radio!

Given Liz’s penchant for the ‘musicals’ genre we thought today’s lyric teaser was fairly straightforward . In fact, if you don’t get it you should probably pack up your suitcase and go. Don’t leave it in the hallway.

Liz’s guest is highly ‘musical’ Rachel Cooper, a Runshaw student who sings, plays piano, violin and saxophone, teaches with KTB Music, and acts (…. in musical theatre!) Rachel also brought along a couple of her own song choices, by Vance Joy and Colbie Caillat.

Liz will be back on next Monday’s Breakfast, ably assisting Marc Wolverson.

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Phil is back, with lots of chat and Fairtrade fun with chocolate! The show includes an interview with Mike Gidney, Chief Executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, courtesy of Share Radio (www.shareradio.co.uk).

As for that lyric teaser ….. we should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky. Actually it’s not her – it’s the other one. Darren Day Lewis, isn’t it? Or Don McLean? Jason Farragher? Anyway, it’s someone like that.

Monday 6 March 2017

Brand new presenter Liz Johnson hosts her first show, ably assisted by welcome returner Marc Wolverson (who takes a brief look at the what’s ons and poses a rather cryptic lyric teaser …. without lyrics!)

Today’s guests for interview are Lisa and Paula Mallinson. Lisa and Paula run the Folly Coffee House right in the middle of Worden Park – you can find their interview about 45 minutes into the programme.

Tuesday 28 February 2017

Breakfast this morning is hosted by Brian Ashman, failing to resist the temptation to play Banana Pancakes, setting a lyric teaser that’ll have you saying: “I know that …. but what is it?”, and saying “saxophone” when he means “clarinet”!

Around 45 mins into the show we hear from a number of those attending the event for those caring for a person living with dementia (event organised by South Ribble Dementia Action Alliance and held last Thursday at Leyland Golf Club):

Around 30 minutes into the show, we hear from a couple of passengers on the Avacab circular bus route and from Avacab transport manager Kevin Yates, who’s cautiously optimistic about the route continuing after its 90-day trial ends in late March. Just before that, was it atmospheric interference from another radio station that resulted in regular presenter Phil Gough putting in a brief appearance!

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Mark set up care agency Independent Living (independentlivinglancashire.co.uk) after being made redundant from his putative ‘job-for-life’ in the Civil Service job at age 40. Although initially apprehensive and uncertain, Mark is now an established, committed, ethical business owner, running a care agency that covers both Chorley and South Ribble.

Tuesday 21 February 2017

– Katy Bradley (KTB Music). Katy told Phil about growing up in Longton/Little Hoole, where she was constantly “in the fields with my Dad, who was a turf farmer at the time”). With music an integral part of her life from the earliest age, it’s no surprise that Katy now runs four choirs (at our last count) and a concert band, as well as running singalongs and afternoon recitals.

Included in the interview, which starts at 44min15, is a recording of a beautiful song written and performed by Katy herself, The Road That I Travel.

* a Defying Dementia masked ball fundraiser 7pm – 1am on Friday 24 Feb. (Tickets are £40 and include a drinks reception and 3-course dinner with live entertainment and disco – details from 01772 625546 or partnership@southrible.gov.uk.)

– Allan Heyes, Leyland’s very own “Mr Rock ‘n Roll”. We heard about Allan’s solo and band career and Keith also treated us to a couple of Allan’s superb recordings of Elvis songs.

(Maria starts at 18 minutes; Allan at 33 minutes)

Tuesday 14 February 2017

Love is most definitely in the air today, with songs requested by lovers ……. Dean Martin, Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie, David Bowie (!?), Karen Carpenter, Billy Joel, Kitty Kallen, Beyonce and many more. Everyone over 18 who requested a song or sent in a dedication qualified for the draw for a bottle of Prosecco, which was won by Lynn McCann.

Wednesday 8 February 2017

An interesting musical theme today – you knight not get it quite so easily as recent ones!

Ruth joins Keith for the What’s On, On This Day in Historyand the answer to the lyrics teaser (also a toughie) and today’s studio guest is Paul Wharton. Paul sits on both Farington Parish Council and on South Ribble Borough Council. He talked to Keith about local issues as diverse as dog fouling, pedestrian crossings and the possible large-scale development at Cuerden.

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Phil invites you to rack your brain to come up with the names of the four railway stations that feature in Monopoly .. ….. all four, please! Today’s lyric teaser takes us back thirty years to a collaboration between two iconic figures, one of whom we lost quite recently.

Wednesday 1 February 2017

Join Keith for this morning’s Breakfast, with a wide choice of music – something old, something new and something in-between.

Keith’s guest is Dave Swanton (“Swanny” to his friends), presenter of BBC Radio Lancashire’s Sounds Like Saturday Night (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d782) …. a man with many strings to his bow. This show contains part of Dave’s interview and his first song choice. A fuller version of the interview will also be available on this Leyland Festival Radio Mixcloud channel shortly.

Ruth joins Keith as usual for On This Day in History, the What’s Ons ……. and to reveal the answers to today’s lyric teaser and musical theme, both of which centre around a potentially plausible presumption.

Thanks again to Jonathan Carswell, MD of tenofthose.com, for kindly allowing us to broadcast from their Tomlinson Road premises. The Farington room is superb, everyone made us feel very welcome and we’d love to return in the near future.

Tuesday 31 January

Breakfast is with Phil Gough today. Guesting in the studio is Buckshaw Village-based debut author Alice Broadway. Alice’s first novel, Ink, aimed at the teenage reader, is in the shops this week (Ebb and Flo, Chorley; Waterstone’s, Preston and WH Smith, Deepdale, all have copies). In Alice’s words the book deals with “identity, faith, friendship and trying to find out who you are when you’re a teenager.” (Alice’s interview starts 40 minutes into the show – drag the slider at the foot of the Mixcloud page).

As for the lyric teaser, Phil chose a devilishly difficult one …… though you’re sure to shout “a-ha!!” when you finally get it! (Well, he did, anyway).

Wednesday 25 January

Keith and Ruth serve up chat, the lyric teaser, today’s birthdays in history and a look at what’s on, all backed up as usual by music around a (purportedly) readily-guessable theme. Today’s guest is Neil Howarth from M.A.D. First Aid (www.madfirstaid.co.uk), who provide first aid training, including paediatric first aid for parents and carers and ‘first bike on scene’ courses for bikers.

Tuesday 24 January 2017

Today’s show features Friday’s event in Bamber Bridge, the official opening of the community garden and a special iron tree.

The garden and tree are part of the £3.5 million regeneration work in the town under the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal. The iron tree with zinc leaves is designed to weather over the years. Plaques on the low wall around the garden display the names of individuals and organisations who have special links to Bamber Bridge.

Megan, who joined the Guardian from a local paper in Gloucestershire four months shared her (favourable!) impressions of our area with Phil, and chatted about some of the stories that have caught her eye this week.

A massive Liverpool FC fan and originally from Scouseland himself, Phil was delighted to hear South Ribble Mayor Cllr. Linda Woollard talk about her early life in Liverpool, including her link with Carla Lane. Linda also spoke warmly of the many organisations she has visited so far in her Mayoral year.

Wednesday 11 January

You’ll be burning to tell Keith the answer to today’s lyric teaser today.

Guest in the studio is Jonathan Carswell. 10ofThose is a Leyland-based limited company that supports Christian ministry by providing faith-based resources. They work from a base in Tomlinson Road, Leyland, where they employ over 20 staff, exporting books and other material all over the world. Ex-(?)Yorkshireman Jonathan is their MD and he shared his story with Keith.

(Interview starts approx. 30 mins into the show – click the show name above to go to our Mixcloud channel and hear it).

Wednesday 14 December 2016

Greg is the MD at Derbyshire Booth Financial Management in Leyland. Greg was both guest and host today, as the show was broadcast live from his office on Yewlands Drive. Greg gave us an insight into the financial advice industry and, to our surprise, chose Michael Andrews and Gary Jules’ Mad World as his music track.

James Gwyn-Thomas

According to his own words, James is ‘six days invisible, one day incomprehensible’ as he goes about his ministry at Buckshaw Village Church (which he charmingly describes as ‘just doing life with people and being normal’).

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Margaret is the Chair of Churches Together in Leyland (CTL) and is currently in her second three-year term of office. She talked to Martin about the work that CTL does and/or supports in the town (such as the food bank, the furniture scheme and the credit union).

(Breakfast is repeated at 7.30 pm the same day via the website leylandfestivalradio.com and then available to listen again from the above Breakfast link).

Wednesday 7 December 2016

Lynn is a specialist autism trainer and consultant based in Farington (www.reachoutasc.com). She told Keith how she got into this field, about her original ambition to be a novelist – to be fulfilled partly by publication in Jan and May 2017 of her two books on How to Support Pupils with Autism Spectrum Condition (one for primary and one for secondary schools) – and gave a clear, simple explanation of what autism is.

Andy Prosser

Andy works as volunteer coordinator for Fusion Youth and Community UK in Leyland/Preston (www.fusionyac.org/what-were-doing/fusion-lancashire), while also building up his own web design and print business (http://ewdp.co.uk/about-us/about-ewdp-ltd) and occasionally performing some of his self-penned songs at Penwortham Live, Longton Live and Chorley Live. This interview will include a live performance of Andy’s own song Fry Your Mind.

NB: Terry Durney replaces the evening Breakfast repeat this week. There will be a delay before today’s Breakfast is available to listen again. Please re-visit this page on or after Monday 28 November 2016 to check availability.

Wednesday 26 October

7 am – Let’s Talk Business 205 (repeated next Tuesday)

7.30 am – Breakfast with Brenda Crossley. Brenda’s guest is Moya Fletcher, currently working as a training consultant with 1Life. She talks about the charity’s work with young people at risk of offending and how mindfulness can help with everyday stresses.

Sincere thanks from the management and volunteers to Councillor Matthew Tomlinson and Lancashire County Council for the recent award of £220 to us in the form of a Local Member’s Grant.

Together with the award of £350 from The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund we are now able to purchase new equipment that will enhance our ability to broadcast live from different places around Leyland.

Update 22 September 2016

Live shows recommence at 07.00 on 4 October with Let’s Talk Business (link re-directs to external site), followed by Breakfast with Phil Gough from 07.30 till 09.00.

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Would you like to feature in our Community Action spot, kindly sponsored by Leyland Leader? The Community Action spot gives local voluntary, community and faith groups and organisations one minute of airtime, repeated regularly, to tell Leyland about their objects and activities. Please contact us if you would like to be included – all you will need is a short, prepared script of 120 words or so.